Tag: Washington D.C.

President Donald Trump exits the House chamber after delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026.

Trump tops Biden for State of the Union viewers but underperforms against himself

Emily Hallas · February 27, 2026 10:48 am

Vice President JD Vance speaks at Pointe Precision in Plover Wis., Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.

Vance leading Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ could be double-edged sword

Naomi Lim · February 27, 2026 7:00 am

President Donald Trump shakes hands with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office

Mamdani, Trump, and the Democrats’ missed opportunity

W. James Antle III · February 27, 2026 7:00 am

A person holds up a US flag as former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Doral, Florida, on July 9, 2024. (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA / AFP) (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump makes patriotism a battlefield in midterm elections

Hugo Gurdon · February 27, 2026 6:10 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., depart a news conference as the government shutdown begins its tenth day, in Washington, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025.

Trump-led GOP lacks clear midterm legislative agenda after State of the Union

Zach Halaschak · February 27, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order abolishing the Education Department, alongside Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, in the White House on March 20, 2025. Children are seated nearby, signing their own versions of the executive order. (Ben Curtis/AP)

Congress re-funds the Education Department

Kevin R. Kosar · February 27, 2026 5:46 am

President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on October 7, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Donald Trump and Mark Carney: ‘Clash-mates’?

Dave Gordon · February 27, 2026 5:44 am

supreme court building with gavel over it amid bursting sunrise colors, depicting tariffs the court shut down against Trump's key economic plan. (Getty Images)

Supreme Court’s Trump tariffs slap-down could limit, if not end, economic damage

Nick Thomas · February 27, 2026 5:42 am

A Ukrainian soldier flies a reconnaissance drone in the direction of Kostiantynivka, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on January 22, 2026. (Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images)

As war in Ukraine enters fifth year, peace remains elusive

Jamie McIntyre · February 27, 2026 5:40 am

Members of the Civil Guard of Michoacan patrol a highway supported by armored vehicles after a wave of violence in the town of Aguililla, the birthplace of drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in Tierra Caliente, Mexico, on February 24, 2026. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on February 24 dismissed risks to fans visiting Guadalajara, one of the venues for the 2026 World Cup, after a drug cartel riot caused fear in the city and much of the country on February 22. (Photo by Enrique Castro / AFP via Getty Images)

Making Mexican waves

Dominic Green · February 27, 2026 5:33 am

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) departs from the U.S. Capitol Building on November 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) said earlier today that he expects the House to vote on U.S. President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda before lawmakers break for recess for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

In Trump’s GOP, the sexual revolution has won

Timothy P. Carney · February 27, 2026 5:08 am

Lawfare victim Donald Trump, left, in his Aug. 24, 2023, mug shot from Fulton County, Georgia; Trump’s own lawfare targets (clockwise from top left) former U.S. National Security adviser John Bolton; New York Attorney General Letitia James; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell; and former FBI director James Comey. (Trump, Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/AP; Bolton, Martin Mejia/AP; James, Yuki Iwamura/AP; Powell, Jacquelyn Martin/AP; Comey, Andrew Harnik/AP)

America off the rails: A political class without restraint stokes fear and division

Isaac Schorr · February 27, 2026 5:01 am